A group of students attended the Sacramento City Unified School District Board Meeting on February 7th to voice their opposition to a proposal to fund more cops on campus. These students want to reject the proposal and have their voices heard by those in control of their schools.

In 1926, Black History Month was originally “Negro History Week” on the second week of February. The United States continues to celebrate “Negro History Week”, but now for an entire month that has been renamed “Black History Month”. In this video, Eli Meza speaks on Black History Month, it’s importance and how it could improve.

]]>http://accesslocal.tv/2019/02/17/video-how-i-feel-about-black-history-month/feed/03447737.09024 -95.71289137.09024-95.712891PODCAST: Valentines Day? A Scam?http://accesslocal.tv/2019/02/14/podcast-valentines-day-a-scam/
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]]>http://accesslocal.tv/2019/02/14/podcast-valentines-day-a-scam/feed/0Welcome to another episode of the AccessLocal.Tv Podcast. On this show, the Neighborhood News Correspondents will speak about their views about the very popular holiday Valentines Day. Their comments and opinions may surprise you!Welcome to another episode of the AccessLocal.Tv Podcast. On this show, the Neighborhood News Correspondents will speak about their views about the very popular holiday Valentines Day. Their comments and opinions may surprise you! Feel free to chime in with your thoughts on the discussion in the comment section below!AccessLocal.TVclean14:4334523VIDEO: Tarana Burke, #MeToo Founder, Visits Sacramentohttp://accesslocal.tv/2019/02/14/video-tarana-burke-metoo-founder-visits-sacramento/
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On Thursday, February 7th, 2019. Tarana Burke the civil rights activist and creator of the “#metoo” movement, visited Sacramento and gave a speech to many people at a free event at Sac State University.

Film Festival to talk about the upcoming 12th Winter Shorts Festival featuring the 2019 Cesar Nominated Shorts. The WINTER SHORTS FEST is returning on Saturday, February 23, on “Oscars Weekend,” a day after the 44th César Ceremony, France’s annual celebration of cinema, and a day before Hollywood’s own celebration. The nominations have been announced: 4 films will compete in the Animation category; and 5 in the Live-Action category. No need to speak French to enjoy the program: the films will be presented with English Subtitles! After the screening, the audience will vote to choose the winners of the “Sacramento César Awards” for the Best Animated and Best Live Action shorts. The actual César winners will be announced at the end of the evening, along with the results of the Sacramento voting. WILL SACRAMENTO AGREE WITH THE FRENCH ACADEMY ON THE WINNERS? LET’S FIND OUT ON FEBRUARY 23! For more Information: www.facebook.com/Sacramento-French-Film-Festival

The Northern California Eggstravaganza 2019 Egg Show & Sale Celebrating Red, White & Blue! – Diana Macias from The Northern California Eggstravaganza will be joining us on Live Wire this Wednesday to talk about the upcoming event. Proceeds benefit Shriner’s Children’s Hospital. 2019 Egg Show & Sale Celebrating Red, White & Blue! Show hours: Saturday, March 2, 2019 8a-5p Registered Guests 10a-5p General public Free Admission. Sunday, March 3, 2019 8a-3p Registered Guests 10a-3p General public – Free Admission. See Eggstraordinary creations from egg artists from around the world Egg artists come to Sacramento annually from all over the world to exhibit their work. Egg art styles include: Faberge, Pysanky, beaded, jeweled, diorama, carved, etched, painted and more! Many seminars will be offered as well! Come and learn how to create beautiful works of art.for more information: www.norcaleggshow.com

In 2017, actress Alyssa Milano used the phrase “me too” in a tweet that sparked a worldwide conversation about sexual assault after Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein got accused of several of these actions. The “Me Too” movement hit the ground running afterward, however, it was activist Tarana Burke that had started the groundwork for it 20 years prior when she started a non-profit that to help young women of color. On Thursday, February 8th, she spoke to a room of over 1,000 people of how she started that same non-profit and moved on to see the movement prosper and gain light on its tragic focus. Her crowd was enthusiastic and listened attentively to every word she offered.

One of those most important things she had to say was the overall message of the movement, that at Me Too’s core, it “is not about toppling the careers of powerful men or “naming and shaming,” Burke told the crowd. “It is about helping survivors of sexual violence heal their psychic wounds.” Tyna Molinaro, an audience member, says “The Me Too movement is so powerful, especially in this current political climate. With someone so bold as the President who’s willing to just say the stuff he does so openly about sexually abusing and harassing women, and with Cavanaugh, it’s such a heavy and important thing that we need talking of.” In her last few minutes to conclude her last stop in a tour of CSU campuses, Tarana Burke reinforces the truth that sexual assault is a universal conversation that needs to be discussed and tackled together. “I need all of you to get involved and get the work done,” she says. “We need to recognize the urgency of this movement. Let’s work together. Let’s heal together.”

A Memory, A Monologue, A Rant & A Prayer – WRITINGS TO END VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN & GIRLS – A groundbreaking collection of monologues by world-renowned authors and playwrights, edited by Eve Ensler and Mollie Doyle. These diverse voices rise up in a collective roar to break open, expose, and examine the insidiousness of violence at all levels: brutality, neglect, a punch, even a put-down. The volume features such authors and topics as: Edward Albee on S&M; Maya Angelou on women’s work; Michael Cunningham on self-mutilation; Dave Eggers on a Sudanese abduction;

Edwidge Danticat on a border crossing;

Carol Gilligan on a daughter witnessing her mother being hit; Susan Miller on raising a son as a single mother; Sharon Olds on a bra; Patricia Bosworth on her own physically abusive relationship; Jane Fonda on reclaiming our Mojo; and many more.

These writings are inspired, funny, angry, heartfelt, tragic, and beautiful. But above all, together they create a true and profound portrait of this issue’s effect on every one of us. A Memory, a Monologue, a Rant, and a Prayer is a call to the world to demand an end to violence against women.

THE VAGINA MONOLOGUES – The award-winning play is based on V-DayFounder/playwright Eve Ensler‘s interviews with more than 200 women. With humor and grace, the piece celebrates women’s sexuality and strength. Through this play and the liberation of this one word, countless women throughout the world have taken control of their bodies and their lives. For 20 years, The Vagina Monologues has given voice to experiences and feelings not previously exposed in public and brought a deeper consciousness to the conversation around ending violence against women and girls.

An Obie Award-winning whirlwind tour of a forbidden zone, The Vagina Monologues introduces a wildly divergent gathering of female voices, including a six-year-old girl, a septuagenarian New Yorker, a vagina workshop participant, a woman who witnesses the birth of her granddaughter, a Bosnian survivor of rape, and a feminist happy to have found a man who “liked to look at it.” For more Information: www.vdaysacramento.org

Throughout the decades, those running for President of the United States have had a variety of stances on healthcare. Their opinions have ranged from health-care for all to solely having private healthcare companies provide medical services. To some, it seems as though candidates are just going back and forth when it comes to healthcare.

Harris’ reply to whether or not those who have health insurance in which they are satisfied with are allowed to continue to stay on their plans sparked a judgmental conversation with Republicans. Some took her response and clumped it along with all Democrats, to say that they all have the same view, which in this case is to take away the healthcare some enjoy and give everyone different healthcare instead.

Harris is not the only Presidential candidate that has angered many with their stance on healthcare. In the 2016 election, many were upset with all of the candidates’ opinions on healthcare. Whether it be Hillary Clinton’s plan to build off of President Obama’s Affordable Care Act, Bernie Sanders’ hope to scratch that and create Medicare For All or Donald Trump’s idea to entirely get rid of the program in place and use private health care companies instead, voters were upset.

2019 is just beginning and the United States is moving towards a point in which LGBTQ+ people could be denied their right to healthcare legally.

According to the Truth Out, “The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced last month that it is close to finalizing a conscience protection rule that would allow people to discriminate in health-care settings under cover of law.”

This means that many LGBTQ+, and especially transgender and non-conforming patients, could be denied their right to healthcare, for no specified reason.

“Trans and gender nonconforming people already face really severe discrimination in health-care settings,” said Bridget Schaaff, If/When/How’s reproductive justice federal policy fellow at the National LGBTQ Task Force. “Rules like these are going to make this even harder.”

These are only more recent candidates’ opinions on healthcare. Each candidate has had their own idea of what healthcare should be in the United States, but each can only please so many.

Last March, a deadly shooting made national headlines after two Sacramento Police officers fired 20 shots at an unarmed black man named Stephon Clark. With a $20 million dollar civil rights lawsuit pending and multiple criminal probes into the officers in question, the California Department of Justice began overseeing the Sacramento Police Department’s investigation of the shooting. The California DoJ just issued a report regarding their findings during oversight of the investigation and it includes almost 50 recommendations for changes to Sacramento Police Department policy regarding use of force and the investigation and reporting that follows an incident.

Since the document has been issued, many people in the Sacramento region and beyond have realized how much discretion the officers had when it comes to use of force. The recommendations issued by the DoJ included providing specific instances when an officer can use K9 units or draw firearms on civilians. These policies have many people concerned, especially considering that police brutality

disproportionately impacts people of color.

“The amount of force used by police is completely unnecessary,” said Maxence Downs from West Campus High School. Downs believes that these recommendations must all be taken seriously by the Sacramento Police Department and they must fully acknowledge the incident and hold officers accountable rather than divert attention to Clark’s past.

“The police have to recognize that they cannot effectively do their jobs if the communities they are supposed to serve are terrified of them,” said Eden Getahun from C.K. McClatchy High School.

Sacramento residents have followed the story very closely and the response of the Sacramento PD will be very indicative of how seriously the local officers take the issue of force and how much change will be made, in order to hopefully address their own prejudices and actions in order to better serve their communities in the future.